Munger pistols - A headache for police

Illegal weapons manufactured in Munger in Bihar have found their way to various terror groups and criminal gangs in several parts of the country as well as to Bangladesh, officials have said.
Easy accessibility and low cost are the unique selling points of Munger's 9mm pistols where the buyers even get a heavy discount on bulk orders. This has led to the availability of the weapons in various parts of the country especially Maharashtra, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.
Available somewhere between Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 with a magazine free, the demand for Munger weapons is in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, national capital and adjoining areas and Bangladesh.

After Delhi Police cracked the botched-up Pune blasts of August 1 last year with the arrest of four persons, the recovery of Munger pistols caught the eye of Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who asked his Special Commissioner (Special Cell) S N Srivastava to conduct a study and plug the supply of these weapons.
"I tasked an inspector who did a study of the source of weapons with the help of Munger Police," Srivastava told PTI here while explaining the easy availability of these weapons.
Since last one year, police have recovered 74 pistols in and around the national capital from criminals and terror groups, he said, adding that during the interrogation of Feroz, an Indian Mujahideen terrorist, it was found that they had also purchased Munger weapons from Aurangabad in Maharashtra.